Have you ever noticed that small building you walk past every time you head down Main Street? It’s a nice, quaint little building that sits there with no inhabitants. Friday nights come and you often think of what you could turn the business into. You have a ton of ideas, but you do not even know if the city wants to lease the building to a new owner. You try to talk with business owners you know and see if the building is up for lease. To your surprise, it is! When you do, you decide to apply for a lease immediately. That works out, too: the building is yours!
You thought the business would go well—and it did, for a while. Things took a turn for the worst when you realized that the basement was not flood-proof. One bad hurricane in the area and you arrived to survey your flooded basement. It will cost a lot to fix, and it cannot be inhabited for some time. Sadly enough, all your “underground” concerts were held in the basement. What will you do to keep your clientele entertained on Friday nights? You think to yourself, “I should have had a building inspection service on the job.” You couldn’t be more right!
A building inspection service is a company that inspects buildings of all sorts: old courthouses, movie theaters, shopping malls, retail stores, hair salons, deserted banks, coffee shops, restaurants, ice cream parlors, grocery stores, schools, gas stations, warehouses, post offices, studios, and so on. The job in any building inspection is to make sure that the building is in good condition and ready for rent or purchase. In order for the building to remain off of the “condemned” list, it must remain in good condition. When buildings are vacated, they are often inspected and kept “up to par” for the sake of future owners who may have an interest in purchasing the building to host their business.
A building inspection service often sends out its inspectors to survey the various buildings demanded by consumers. Some buildings are small and only have one floor, while others have a basement and/or second floor. Coffee houses or coffee shops are good for this building design: they may have a coffee shop downstairs but a wine shop upstairs. The building sizes play a role in the length of time it takes an inspector to examine the buildings. If the building is only one floor, the time will be short—unless there are numerous rooms and the building is wide and spacious. If the building is tall and skinny, the length of time will be less. If the building has several floors to it, the inspection will take much longer than a building with one floor. The inspection costs vary according to the size and room space of the buildings. Since inspectors spend more time in larger buildings than shorter ones, they are paid more for their services in larger buildings than shorter ones.
Eagle Eye Property Inspections specializes in building inspections. We are a building inspection service that is committed to examining any building you need inspected. We will examine your building and provide a detailed report with photos in 48 hours or less. Before you make a mistake and purchase a building disaster, call us at (800)-893-4669.